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NASA Satellite Tracks Compact Tropical Storm Cyril’s Path

In the morning hours of February 7 (local time Vanuatu) Cyril was located south of the island of Vavau in the Kingdom of Tonga. All warnings for Niue and Tonga…

Health & Medicine

Low Vitamin D Linked to Distal Radius Fractures in Women

Wrist fractures, also called distal radius fractures (DRF), are among the most common osteoporosis-related fractures occurring on average 15 years earlier than…

Earth Sciences

NASA's TRMM Satellite Measures Flooding Rains from Australia Monsoon

Low pressure centers associated with a summer monsoon trough have repeatedly drenched Australia from central Queensland to northern New South Wales. The…

Life & Chemistry

Salk scientists use an old theory to discover new targets in the fight against breast cancer

Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists…

Health & Medicine

Aspirin’s Role in Preventing DVT and PE After Joint Replacement

Following a total joint replacement, anticoagulation (blood thinning) drugs can prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot deep within the extremities,…

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Cyclone Jasmine's Power and New Eye

NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early on February 7 and noticed the strongest part of the cyclone was around the center and north and east of the center,…

Health & Medicine

Risk of pulmonary embolism greatest during first week following total joint replacement

The elevated risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) – a blood clot that travels from the leg to the lungs – following total joint replacement (TJR) surgery has been…

Life & Chemistry

Identifying How Psychostimulant Drugs Calm Hyperactivity

It has long been known that psychostimulant drugs have the paradoxical effect of reducing hyperactivity. [Psychostimulant drugs include methylphenidate – known…

Studies and Analyses

Study examines role of bilingualism in children's development

The research was carried out at York University in Toronto and published in the journal Child Development.Bilingual children show differences in how they…

Studies and Analyses

Playing school sports affects youths' smoking

The study was conducted at the University of Southern California (USC) and appears in the journal Child Development.Researchers looked at 1,260 ethnically…

Trade Fair News

Speech Recognition and Text Analysis Innovations at EML

The Heidelberg IT enterprise EML European Media Laboratory will be represented at this year’s CallCenterWorld in Berlin (28 February to 1 March 2012) with a…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Spinal Cord Regeneration: New Innovations Ahead

While broken bones, muscle tears or wounds in the skin usually heal by themselves, the situation is different in the spinal cord. If the spinal cord is…

Studies and Analyses

Depression Affects Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood

A new study of children in the middle years of childhood has found that depression forecasts problems in peer relationships, including being victimized by…

Life & Chemistry

Our Amorphophallus Is Smaller, but It Stinks Like Its Big Cousin

The new species, collected on two small islands off Madagascar, brings to about 170 the number of species in the genus Amorphophallus, which is Greek for…

Medical Engineering

Metabolic “Breathalyzer” Reveals Early Signs of Disease

New research published online in February in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism demonstrates a simple but sensitive method that can distinguish normal and…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Discover Why Common Tree Is Toxic to Snowshoe Hares

The snowshoe hare, also commonly called the snowshoe rabbit, is found throughout North America and plays an integral part in the food chain. Understanding the…

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